Where does Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. ranks #24,583 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. hold?

Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.7 out of 100 (top 52% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 19.9 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. focus on?

Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is G05D (SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G05D (SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Irobot ranks #24,583 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 16 technology areas.

#24,583
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 52%
by Innovation Score (34.7/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24583 · US Corporation #24,583 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,583/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH INTEGRATED NANO-
CPC-FOCUS G05D · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Integrated Nano-technologies, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Irobot Defense Holdi… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Irobot's Innovation Score is 34.7/100 (top 52% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Where Irobot's grants concentrate

Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under G05D (SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Irobot sits between Integrated Nano-technologies, Inc. and ITEQ Corporation.

Integrated Nano-

11
International E-Z…

11
Interscience

11
Iogyn

11
IRON OX

11
IT Luggage

11
Italmatch Chemica…

11
ITEQ

11
Irobot Defense Ho… ◀

11

What this shows Irobot holds 11 patents at rank #24,531, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Irobot

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,531 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Irobot's primary technology class.

Irobot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

35 Top 52% higher than 48% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2017	9	81.8%
2018	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Irobot Defense Holdings, Inc. patent most?

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 7

Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS 7

B25J - MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES 6

B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS 5

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 3

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 2

F41H - ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL 2

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 1

B60Y - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY 1

B60K - ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY 1

B60L - PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL ; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICL 1

B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 1

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 1

B29K - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR ; MOULDS, ; REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS 1

B60B - VEHICLE WHEELS ; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,583

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

34.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

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